Seating Arrangement and Puzzles — Practice

Question 1

Five people sit in a row facing north: A at the extreme left, E at the extreme right, B immediately to the right of A, and D immediately to the left of E. Who sits in the middle?
(a) B (b) C (c) D (d) A

Accepted Answer

(b) C.

The row is A, B, _, D, E, so the only remaining person, C, is in the middle.

Question 2

Eight people sit around a circular table facing the centre. If A is to the immediate right of B, then A is in which direction from B?
(a) Clockwise (b) Anticlockwise (c) Opposite (d) Cannot be determined

Accepted Answer

(b) Anticlockwise.

Facing the centre, a person's immediate right is the anticlockwise direction.

Question 3

On floors 1 (bottom) to 5: B is on the top floor, C on floor 2, D below C, and A above C. Who is on floor 1?
(a) A (b) C (c) D (d) E

Accepted Answer

(c) D.

D is below C (floor 2), so D is on floor 1. B is on 5; A and E take 3 and 4.

Question 4

Six friends sit around a circle. Going clockwise from seat 1 the order is B, A, E, F, D, C. Who sits directly opposite B?
(a) A (b) E (c) F (d) D

Accepted Answer

(c) F.

In a circle of six, the seat opposite seat 1 is seat 4. Seat 4 (counting B=1, A=2, E=3, F=4) is F.

Question 5

People sit around a circle facing outward. If P is to the immediate right of Q, then P is in which direction from Q?
(a) Clockwise (b) Anticlockwise (c) Opposite (d) Adjacent-left

Accepted Answer

(a) Clockwise.

Facing outward reverses the centre rule, so the immediate right is the clockwise direction.

Question 6

Seven people live on floors 1 (bottom) to 7. P is on floor 4, Q immediately above P, R on the topmost floor, S on the ground floor, T immediately below P, and U on an even floor below P. Who lives on floor 6?
(a) U (b) V (c) Q (d) R

Accepted Answer

(b) V.

P=4, Q=5, R=7, S=1, T=3, U=2 (the even floor below P). Only floor 6 remains for V.

Question 7

In a row of five facing north, Q is at the extreme left and R at the extreme right. P is immediately to the left of R, and S is immediately to the left of P. Who sits second from the left?
(a) P (b) S (c) T (d) R

Accepted Answer

(c) T.

From the right: R, P, S, so the row is Q, _, S, P, R. The blank (second from left) is the remaining person, T.

Question 8

Six people sit around a circle facing the centre. C is immediately anticlockwise to B, A is immediately clockwise to B, E is immediately clockwise to A, and D is opposite A. Who is opposite B?
(a) C (b) D (c) E (d) F

Accepted Answer

(d) F.

Place B; A is clockwise-adjacent, E next clockwise, C anticlockwise-adjacent to B, D opposite A. The clockwise order is B, A, E, F, D, C, so opposite B (seat 1) is seat 4 = F.

Question 9

Five children face north in a row. From the observer's view, the order left-to-right is A, B, C, D, E. To C's own right sits whom?
(a) B (b) D (c) A (d) E

Accepted Answer

(a) B.

Because the children face north (toward the observer), their right is the observer's left. The child on the observer's left of C is B, so B is to C's own right.

Practice — Seating Arrangement and Puzzles

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